Rain!
November 17, 2008It rained. It rained. It rained. Yipee! And we missed it. Well, we slept through it. There was thunder and lightning, but we are so used to the construction noise during the night, that we didn’t realize it was thundering. I did see some flashes of light, but I thought “what are those construction guys doing?” rolled over and went back to sleep.
Above you can see the glistening streets.
Above are beautiful afternoon clouds (taken in the college car park – “parking lot” for you Americans). Below are more clouds and some of the ever present construction cranes.
Clouds.
More clouds.
Winter has officially arrived. We look forward to more rain. It is not unusual for there to be flooding due to rain (storm drains are plugged with sand, so water doesn’t drain) and work to be cancelled until the waters recede.
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I bet coming from Portland you didn’t expect to appreciate the rain and clouds so much =) ~Linda
I have missed the rain so much since moving East. Today it is foggy, which is not the same at all as real rain. The mud here is ickier, though. It is like since it doesn’t rain much the earth has to hold it longer and it cakes onto everything and clumps when it it dries. I miss the coast, which right now includes Portland!